Medical personnel stabilize Ogden Standard-Examiner photographer Ryan McGeeney's leg after he was pierced by a javelin directly below his right knee while covering the Utah state high school track championships at Brigham Young University's Clarence Robison track stadium in Provo, Utah. McGeeney was transported by ambulence to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, where the javelin was removed. He received 13 stitches, but suffered no serious damage to any ligaments or tendons. McGeeney took the photo himself.

(AP Photo/Ryan McGeeney)

NOTHING LIKE HAVING A TEAM MEETING ON A SATURDAY! HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY YESTERDAY TO OUR ACTIVE MOMS. PLUS I DON'T KNOW IF I AM EVER GOING IN THE WATER AGAIN! Mike

ARCH FUSTON reports Blue skies and perfect temperatures welcomed over 50 AXers at the first ActiveX Charity Team workout this past Saturday at Mission Bay Park! The group did a 4 mile out-and-back run, followed by a menacing 3 rounds of medicine ball chucking, bear crawling, lunging, dumbbell swinging, scissor kicking goodness. Check out the photos and the video!

http://picasaweb.google.com/afuston/ActiveXCharityTeamWorkout1

http://www.active.com/video/play.htm?assetid=1d82cd1d-2aad-4bdd-b90a-67587e5f795c

SHAWN BOOM Director of Sales Communities had a long weekend. He ran a solo 50 mile trail race on Saturday in a beautiful cloud covered 60 degrees on the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. He rolled his ankle at mile 12 but walked off the pain for a mile and trotted along to finish in 9 hrs, 58 minutes with a Wisconsin beer brat (beer boiled sausage) and ice for the injury waiting for him at the finish line. WOW!

ROB KLINGENSMITH VP AMG says “In my quest to lose 10 lbs of ugly fat, I’ve been spending more time on the bike. I took the original Crash Loop (made famous in ’02 when Reilly shouldered me off the road during a high speed descent, which was immediately followed by my 4-week holiday in the Escondido Hospital), and tacked on an extension up Old Castle Road. Richard Bryne and I put it all together on Saturday for a 75 mile ride with just enough climbing to make it interesting. Check out the route here: http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/encinitas/319347917

THIS IS SCARY! JAKE GONZALES PR Communications wrote. Yes, they are out there and they are hungry! On Saturday I went fishing with a couple of friends and we landed this Thresher Shark out of Oceanside Harbor.  It was 350 LBS, 15 feet long, and it took 3.5 hours to land the fish.  We hooked it about 3 miles outside of the Carlsbad Power Plant and landed in just outside Oceanside Harbor (approximately 10 miles).  It was a fight that I will never forget.  Once we had it on shore it took us 4 hours to fillet. A good portion of the fish has been donated. 

CAITLYN BARKER Support Team Lead in SD ran the Wondergirl 5k for Girls on the Run in Balboa Park on Sunday. I came to run as a “Running Buddy” for one of the girls completing her first 5K but so many people signed up I ended up running alongside my dog Bosco who I am proud to say, came in as the lead dog in 28 minutes.

From the SACRAMENTO office, HEATHER LEVINE, MARY MEAGHER and JESSICA WALSH-KRENICKI ran the 2008 Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure 5K. It was a beautiful day, and everyone had a great time. More than 25,000 people participated. There was live music, food, and lots of people cheering us on. It was great supporting this charity and having fun at the same time.

CHRIS WHEELER School Finance Consultant went for a 5 mile run yesterday while at a conference in VA Beach. A 40 MPH headwind paired with some heavy rain on the way out made for a pretty good quad workout. In turning around, Mother Nature gave me a bit of a break. Apparently the tornado warnings were the reason I didn't see anyone else outside exercising. Next time Chris turn on the Weather Channel before you go out!

MICHELLE ULRICH Account Exec. Endurance spent the weekend in Joshua Tree here in So Cal (made famous by U2) camping and hiking. She did an amazing and challenging 10 mile hike on Saturday. It was a nice active weekend!

BRET HARRIS & MIKE DOBRANSKY kicked off training for Mt. Whitney (40 days left) by attacking the summit of a much smaller much more local mountain - TWICE. Cowell’s Mountain, San Diego, California. It’s a steep climb for about 1.5 miles with lots of rocks to step over and many people on the trail. Total elevation at the summit is 1500 feet above see level, 1/10th of Mt. Whitney. Bret and Mike noted that training was going well when they passed a troupe of highly skilled girl scouts on a birthday party adventure to the top.

TOBY GUILLETTE, Online Community Specialist for Endurance Sports, ran all weekend again but this time he didn’t sleep. His peak training session for the SD100 began Friday after running 16 miles and he purposely stayed up all night to simulate race-day conditions and began a 39-mile trail run at 3AM Saturday. I ran 13 miles alone in Penasquitos Canyon which was really spooky and every little sound from the woods made me run faster! I was joined by CARRIE SMITH for my second 13-mile loop from 6AM -9AM and AIREY BARINGER joined me 9AM-Noon for another 13 miles. Needless to say, I slept well Saturday night. Sunday I met JESSE HAMMOND at Mission Trails and we ran 7-mile loop together and after he left, I ran another 14 miles. It was great having these guys come out to support. And I called my mom after each loop on Sunday, haha. Total weekend mileage, 60.

STEVE MAZZA and MIKE COLEMAN (you guys are spening WAY too much time together) headed north to Santa Ynez valley to support the Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon. A great race day on Saturday, rolling hills, horse farms and vineyards. Mazza PR in 1:45 and 2 bottles of wine after!

KIRSTIN HARTOS, Implementation Analyst. This weekend I attended the second try-out camp in Los Angeles for the Southern California (SCRFU) women’s select side rugby team.  Each of the seven territories in the US will put a select side team together to play in the USA Rugby National All-Star Championships (NASC) Tournament in June in Pittsburgh, PA.  We did lots of drills, ran through plays in our units, and did a bit of tackling on Saturday, followed by an intra-squad scrimmage in the afternoon.  We scrimmaged against the Grizzlies (select side team from the Pacific Coast territory, including many internationally ‘capped’ players) on Sunday afternoon and lost.  After that, the coaching staff split us into two squads for another 30-minute intra-squad scrimmage to end the weekend, and my side won 14-0.  I’m including a photo from the first try-out camp in San Francisco in April, and have been selected to play center or fly-half at the NASC in June. 

CAN YOU BELIEVE MAY IS HERE ALREADY? NO EXCUSES, LONG WARM SUMMER DAYS TO GET AND STAY FIT BUT HAVE FUN DOING IT. Mike

First report today is from Europe and LAURENT GAUTHIER European Managing Director. As he was visiting the ING Europe Marathon in Luxemburg this weekend he did the hilly night Half Marathon Saturday evening. Among 4500 participants, I’ve manage to cruise and get to the finish line at the 232e with a finish time of 1h36. This race is very well organized and growing fast, we are hoping to work with them next year. We will hold you to that Laurent!

EDNA CASTANEDA Account Manager, Client Services in NYC wrote a great weekend report. OK When I began at Active almost a year ago, from the beginning I was completely impressed by the athleticism that the entire organization consistently has. As I further got to know my fellow Active coworkers, especially my Client Service team (yah!) I was extremely impressed by everyone’s accomplishments: Kristin’s triathlons, Megan running the NYC marathon in spite of all the challenges she had due to the San Diego fires and Ms. Kelly running Chicago (her first marathon) in the hottest of all days. I recall sitting in the stands at the NYC marathon both cheering and then witnessing a younger gentleman who had wheeled his way through entire course. At the last 300 yards he got up and with his walker, crossed the finish line. It was that day that I decided; ok running will be my challenge.

Yesterday, I completed the Long Branch (NJ) Half Marathon. This course is a USAT&F certified course and used as a Boston qualifier. The day was great, the run fantastic and the event was unforgettable.

I want to send a heart felt THANK YOU to my CS Team (love ya ladies), to the entire Active Trainer team (couldn’t have done it without my plan) and to my NYC mentors (Brenda Seidner Reilly and Michelle Crepeau). Along with everyone else that sent me their best wishes along the training process. Today is a rest day!

A WILD BUNCH at WILDFLOWER Triathlon near Paso Robles, CA. Team members (as pictured left to right) MICHELLE VELENTI, LUKE SMITH, JIM GARFIELD, JESSE HAMMOND & MARK WARBLE did the Olympic distance triathlon on Sunday. MARK WARBLE Systems Admin in SD office knocked 19 minutes off his time from last year and was part of the Team in Training, he and 25 other teammates raised $106,000 for LLS. JESSE HAMMOND had a goal to beat LIKE SMITH by 1 second and he did by 3 minutes going 2:40:42. He would like to thank his sponsors ActiveX, Team Active Employees Who Commute to Work by Bike and bagel Fridays—for all their support. Thanking sponsors? JESSE you’re not that good!

NOLAN HANSEN Accounts Receivable also did Wildflower this past weekend. He competed in the 2008 Wildflower Long Course Triathlon (1.2 mile S, 56 mile B, 13.1 mile R) located at San Antonio Lake in Monterey County California. The course was hilly, challenging, and painful, which definitely contributed to a great race experience. He just broke 5 hours going 4:59.

JAKE COONEY Online Marketing Manager in Bothell, WA did his very first running race this weekend. One of the world’s largest road races the Lilac Bloomsday 12K in Spokane, WA. The race features the famed Doomsday hill at 5 miles and they call it “Mount Doom”. Jake ran 1:04 and has already signed up for more races, kept up Jake!

ADNAN ZAIDI Technical Account Manager for Tennis in San Diego played in the Men’s open division of the Miccosukee Adult Tennis Championship. I came up short in the first round and had to retire in the third set due to a hamstring injury. Unfortunately this is the second week in a row I have had to retire with an injury in tournament play but I am feeling better about my tennis progress every day. Good Luck Adnan!

STEPHANIE SNAMAN & her MOM did their first ever triathlon yesterday in SD at the Spring Sprint. We were nervous about the swim as we were novice swimmers but we prevailed and had a fantastic time. My mom placed in her category and I came in middle of the pack in my age group. Not too shabby for first timers! Can't wait for the next one!

AMBER MARTIN also completed her first triathlon, the Mission Bay Triathlon this weekend in SD. It went really well, I finished towards the front of my age group and it took me about an hour. Still waiting for results to be posted so I can get a better idea. Since it started in waves the clock time was for the wave in front of me not me.

TOBY GUILLETTE, Online Community Specialist for Endurance Sports run more miles a week than most of us drive! He logged another weekend of trail running with 30 mountain miles on Saturday and 18 miles on Sunday to close out an 80-mile week. The next 2 weekends mark the peak of my training for the San Diego 100 Mile Endurance Run on June 7-8. It’s starting to get exciting because the month countdown is about to begin and I’m confident I’ll be ready.

ARCH FUSTON says there’s no place like home. I have to post this even though he wasn’t in an event. Anyone that goes home to help the parents cut down 8 trees, haul 40 truck loads of branches, build a 50 foot rock path and then mow 5 acres on a John Deere is a Weekend Warrior! Dude it would have been easier doing an Ironman!

And I have to do a proud Dad update. My son ANDY REILLY was chosen on his College All League team this weekend and was given his team’s MVP for the 2nd year. Now on to the playoffs and the Major League draft June 5 & 6!

Andy Reilly senior third baseman hit a Point Loma Nazarene University high .375, collecting 66 hits in 176 at bats. He scored 30 runs, belting 18 doubles (fourth best in the GSAC), two triples and four homeruns. Reilly knocked in 36 runs and swiped nine bags in 10 attempts. In the field he contributed 124 putouts with 37 assists.

2008 Baseball All-GSAC Team

POS. ATHLETE SCHOOL YEAR HOMETOWN

C Tyler Diamond The Master's Junior Simi Valley, CA

C Josh Jackson Fresno Pacific Junior Antelope Valley, CA

1B Brice Cutspec Azusa Pacific Sophomore Westminster, CA

2B Hawkins Gebbers Biola Junior Brewster, WA

3B Andy Reilly Point Loma Nazarene Senior Poway, CA

SS Nick Rotkowitz Biola Junior Westminster, CA

SS Matt Venegas Azusa Pacific Senior La Verne, CA

IF/UTL Steve Goins Cal Baptist Senior Riverside, CA

DH Stephen Kohatsu Azusa Pacific Senior Covina, CA

OF Kaohi Downing Point Loma Nazarene Junior Honolulu, HI

OF Justin Keeney Fresno Pacific Junior Lancaster, CA

OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis Azusa Pacific Junior Highlands Ranch, CO

OF David West Biola Junior Coronado, CA

P Lance Janke San Diego Christian Senior El Cajon, CA

P Enrique Lechuga Concordia Senior Seeley, CA

P Chris Schwinden Fresno Pacific Senior Visalia, CA

P Tim Woodward The Master's Junior Chatsworth, CA

P Joe Zeller The Master's Sophomore Mission Viejo, CA

RP Daniel Brodie Fresno Pacific Junior Oakdale, CA

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Vélocouture is not bicycle fashion. Vélocouture is fashion, on a bicycle.

 

Therefore "cycling clothes" like jerseys, bike shorts, etc are not the point of this group. Wearing stylish, practical, non-cycling specific clothes — and cycling — is the point.

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